Israel
does not spy on the United
States of America.-- Mark
Regev, a spokesman at the
Israeli embassy in
Washington

5 Tevet 5762 02:21Thursday December 20,
2001

Israel
dismisses report it didn't share WTC
attack data

By Melissa Radler

NEW YORK (December 20) -
Israeli officials here are
blasting a four-part Fox News series that
alleges that Israeli intelligence
officials failed to share what they knew
about September 11 with their American
counterparts prior to the attacks, and
that Israelis in the US have been
caught
spying on Arab
citizens.

In the four-part series, the first
of which was aired on December 11,
correspondent Carl Cameron alleged
that "investigators suspect that the
Israelis may have gathered intelligence
about the attacks in advance, and not
shared it."

Cameron also stated that a group of
Israelis based in North Carolina is
suspected of renting an apartment in
California "to spy on a group of Arabs who
the United States is also investigating
for links to terrorism.

"Numerous classified documents obtained
by Fox News indicate that even prior to
September 11, as many as 140 other
Israelis had been detained or arrested in
a secretive and sprawling investigation
into suspected espionage by Israelis in
the United States," Cameron continued.

Hours
after the segment aired, spokesmen at
Israeli consulates were attacking the
report, which points out that Israel for
years denied any linkage to convicted spy
Jonathan
Pollard,
(right) as
false.

"The report on Fox News contains no
quoted source, it has in no way
demonstrated anything more than anonymous
innuendo, and should be regarded
accordingly. Israel does not spy on the
United States of America," said Mark
Regev, a spokesman at the embassy in
Washington, who was also quoted by the
series denying the allegations.

As for allegation that Israel did not
share intelligence regarding the September
11 attack with the Americans, Regev called
the charge "totally unfounded and
incorrect."